Tag Archives: East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima

Government secretly backtracks on Fukushima decontamination goal via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/06/17 by norma field

With the government facing difficulty in finding disposal sites, municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are being unofficially notified that the goal for completion of radioactive decontamination work in March 2014 may not be met, sources said. The government also informed municipalities … Continue reading →

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Posted on 2013/06/03 by norma field

Winifred A. Bird and Jane Braxton Little […] On this evening a year and eight months after multiple explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the men are grappling head-on with one of the most widespread and complex environmental … Continue reading →

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White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents via Global Security Newswire

Posted on 2013/05/15 by norma field

WASHINGTON – The White House has endorsed a plan to relax long-held standards for cleaning up radioactive material released by a nuclear power plant disaster or act of terrorism, a group of federal officials say in a new draft report. … Continue reading →

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Distribution of radioactive cesium in edible parts of cattle via US National Library of Medicine (Animal Science Japan)

Posted on 2013/05/15 by norma field

[Abstract] After the disastrous incident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, various agricultural, livestock and fishery products have been inspected for radioactive contamination with cesium in Japan. In this study, radioactive cesium was measured in various edible parts of … Continue reading →

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An Emerging Fukushima Model? via The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/05/14 by norma field

By Andrew DeWitt After two years in which international attention focused on Fukushima as an emblem of disaster, Fukushima’s plans for immense floating wind farm projects have begun to attract international attention. This April 15 article “Fukushima Moves Forward With … Continue reading →

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New documentary shows plight of Fukushima nuclear plant evacuees via Japan Daily Press

Posted on 2013/05/10 by norma field

Recovery from the disasters of March 2011 for most of Japan is still an ongoing process, but for the evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, recovery seems to be such an alien word. The new documentary Iitate Village, the … Continue reading →

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Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/04/09 by norma field

Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau Twenty nuclear accidents at the official International Nuclear Event Scale of 4 to 7 have occurred between 1952 and 2011 (Lelieveld et al. 2012). The risk of another major accident during the next … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Ships And Subs Pose Huge Risk To Humanity via A Green Road

Posted on 2013/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear ships and nuclear subs pose a huge risk to all life on the planet. In the video above, we can see a massive nuclear  powered and weaponized Navy carrier being pulled out of harbor, ready to go to sea. … Continue reading →

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Filmmaker focuses on lives near nuke sites via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/02/12 by norma field

A documentary that recently began screening chronicles the experiences of Japanese communities hosting nuclear facilities and the high price paid by some of them because of the March 2011 Fukushima meltdown disaster, including farmers and fishermen unable to market their … Continue reading →

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Europe ‘has failed to learn from environmental disasters’ via the guardian

Posted on 2013/01/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Europe ‘has failed to learn from environmental disasters’ Europe has failed to learn the lessons from many environmental and health disasters like Chernobyl, leaded petrol and DDT insecticides, and is now ignoring warnings about bee deaths, GM food and nanotechnology, … Continue reading →

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